diff --git a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+TypesAndPermissions.h b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+TypesAndPermissions.h
index 5cb0891bcfec2e07d51735cc97d69ded5ce8011c..3b45ade8c2f75c4de6d912588bed8599af0c68f7 100644
--- a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+TypesAndPermissions.h
+++ b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+TypesAndPermissions.h
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@
 
 - (NSSet *)getReadPermsFromOptions:(NSArray *)options;
 - (NSSet *)getWritePermsFromOptions:(NSArray *)options;
+- (HKObjectType *)getWritePermFromString:(NSString *)string;
+- (NSString *)getAuthorizationStatusString:(HKAuthorizationStatus)status;
 
 @end
diff --git a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+TypesAndPermissions.m b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+TypesAndPermissions.m
index 450c03381ec9296059aac661fab7dc4a81f0f6c2..6db624c107aa9991004376488385399a0ea850fd 100644
--- a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+TypesAndPermissions.m
+++ b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+TypesAndPermissions.m
@@ -150,4 +150,18 @@
     return writePermSet;
 }
 
+- (HKObjectType *)getWritePermFromString:(NSString *)writePerm {
+    return [[self writePermsDict] objectForKey:writePerm];
+}
+- (NSString *)getAuthorizationStatusString:(HKAuthorizationStatus)status {
+    switch (status) {
+        case HKAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined:
+            return @"NotDetermined";
+        case HKAuthorizationStatusSharingDenied:
+            return @"SharingDenied";
+        case HKAuthorizationStatusSharingAuthorized:
+            return @"SharingAuthorized";
+    }
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit.m b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit.m
index ccc4c26d6b1e5f7e3421e5fc8507c49c624c4b72..e69e6314da8ab9c368e01e16937dbecca70775d6 100644
--- a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit.m
+++ b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit.m
@@ -268,6 +268,26 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(saveMindfulSession:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponse
     }
 }
 
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(authorizationStatusForType:(NSString *)type
+                  resolver:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
+                  rejecter:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject
+{
+    self.healthStore = [[HKHealthStore alloc] init];
+
+    if ([HKHealthStore isHealthDataAvailable]) {
+        HKObjectType *objectType = [self getWritePermFromString:type];
+        if (objectType == nil) {
+            reject(@"unknown write permission", nil, nil);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        NSString *status = [self getAuthorizationStatusString:[self.healthStore authorizationStatusForType:objectType]];
+        resolve(status);
+    } else {
+        reject(@"HealthKit data is not available", nil, nil);
+    }
+})
+
 - (void)getModuleInfo:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback
 {
     NSDictionary *info = @{